CURRICULUM VITAE David Yu Sum Chung (Department of Music)
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CURRICULUM VITAE David Yu Sum Chung (Department of Music) I. Academic and Professional Qualifications Education Cambridge University, U.K. (Ph.D. in Musicology, 1997) Thesis title: Keyboard Arrangements of Lully and Their Significance for French Harpsichord Music (permanent url: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/252310) Cambridge University, U.K. (M.Phil. in Musicology, 1992) The Chinese University of Hong Kong (B.A. with Honours, First Class, 1990) St. Joseph’s College (1986) Professional qualifications Concert Recital Diploma (Premier Prix) (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 1998) Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (LRSM, 1988) Licentiate Performer (LTCL, Trinity College of Music, London, 1988) Associate Performer (ATCL, Trinity College of Music, London, 1987) Diplôme de Langue Française (Alliance Française, Paris, 1984) Academic and professional honours President’s Award for Outstanding Performance (HKBU, 2001) Christopher Kite Award (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, 1997) Broadwood Harpsichord Prize (Fenton House, London, 1997) Professional memberships Historical Keyboard Society of North America (2012—present) Society of Seventeenth-Century Music (2001—present) Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society (1995–2012; Vice President 1998–2010) British Clavichord Society (1997–present) The Dolmetsch Foundation (1996–2000) American Musicological Society (1994–present) Royal Musical Association (1992–present) II. Employment history Professor (September 2014—present) Associate Professor (substantive appointment, September 2005–August 2014) Acting Head, (September 2007–August 2008) Assistant Professor, Performance Coordinator (1998–2005) Department of Music, Hong Kong Baptist University Graduate Supervisor (part-time, 1994–7) Music Department, Cambridge University, UK 1 III. Scholarly and Creative Activities Concert performances (since September 2003) Continuo performance: Handel’s Messiah Part One and Hallelujah Chorus, Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Colin Touchin, Wah Yan College, live-recorded and broadcast by RTHK4 (24 December 2019) Bach chamber concert with Susanna Self (flute) and Jeffrey Lastrapes (cello), Versper Concert Series of the First United Methodist Church, Lubbock (17 February 2019; first performance in Recital Hall of Hong Kong Baptist University on 25 January 2019). Programme of 90 minutes of chamber music by JS Bach: Sonatas in E major and E minor for Flute and Basso Continuo (BWV 1034-1035) and Sonatas in D major and G minor for Viola de Gamba and Harpsichord (BWV 1028-1029). Continuo performance with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestral, with Lucie Horsch (recorder) and Benjamin Bayl (conductor), Hong Kong Shatin Town Hall (9-10 November 2018). Programme of 90 minutes of instrumental music by Telemann, Vivaldi, JS Bach, Sammartini and Rebel. Harpsichord Recital presented at the 2018 Conference of the Historical Keyboard Society of North America, Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (12 May 2018). Programme of 30 minutes of solo harpsichord works by Louis Couperin on French double- manual harpsichord by William Dowd (1984). Continuo performance in Edgar Meyer and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, conducted by Marco Boni, Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall (8 November 2017). Programme of 30 minutes of instrumental works by Boccherini and Alfred Schnittke. Fortepiano Recital, Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival, Museum Geelvinck, Amsterdam (20 October 2017). Programme of 90 minutes of solo fortepiano works by JS Bach, CPE Bach, D Scarlatti, Haydn and Mozart on an original antique piano by Johann Zahler (Brünn/Brno, ca. 1805). Continuo performance in Max Emanuel Cencic and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, conducted by Christopher Bucknall, Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall (7 October 2017). Programme of 90 minutes of vocal and instrumental works by Johann Christian Bach, Handel, Lenordo Vinci, Nicola Porpora and Christoph Willibald Gluck. Solo Harpsichord Recital, Handel House, London (8 August 2017). Programme of 90 minutes of solo harpsichord works by Louis and François Couperin, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Timothy Brown, D Scarlatti and JS Bach on a replica of Handel’s original Flemish double (ca. 1710) by Bruce Kennedy (1998). Continuo performance with Rachel Barton Pine (violin) and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, conducted by Andrew Sewell, Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall (2 June 2017). Programme of 40 minutes, including Bach’s Concerto for Violin in A major (BWV1041), Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor (BWV1043), and Vivaldi’s Concerto for Viola d’amore in D major (RV392). Continuo performance with Pier Adams (recorder) and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, conducted by Alessandro Cadario, Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall (2 June 2017). Programme of 60 minutes, including Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 12 in B minor (HWV 330), Vivaldi’s Concerto for Sopranino Recorder (RV428), ‘The Goldfinch’, Concerto Grosso in G minor (RV 156), and Telemann’s Concerto for Treble Recorder in C major (TWV51:C1). 2 Continuo performance in Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestral and HK Phil Chorus, with Benjamin Bayl (conductor) and Bei de Gaulle (concertmaster), Hong Kong University Grand Hall (4 March 2017). Complete performance of 65 minutes. Two Chamber Concerts, Churchill College Chapel, Cambridge University, UK (19 February and 11 June 2016). A total of 90 minutes of baroque chamber works by JS Bach, including Sonata for Flute and Basso Continuo in E minor, BWV 1034 (20 minutes), Sonata for Viola de Gamba and Harpsichord in D major, BWV 1028 (20 minutes), Brandenburg Concerto no. 4, Allegro (5 minutes) and B minor Mass excerpts (45 minutes) Three Harpsichord Recitals, Churchill College Music Centre, Cambridge University, UK (9 March, 13 May and 10 June 2016). 90 minutes of baroque harpsichord works by JS Bach, Handel, Louis Couperin, François Couperin and Henry Purcell. Solo Harpsichord Recital in the Cambridge Keyboard Festival, Lee Hall, Cambridge University, UK (20 March 2016). 30 minutes of solo harpsichord works by Louis Couperin and François Couperin. Fortepiano Recital, Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival, Museum Geelvinck, Amsterdam (20 October 2015). Programme of 90 minutes of solo fortepiano works by JS Bach, JC Bach, Haydn and Mozart on an original antique piano by Johann Zahler (Brünn/Brno, ca. 1805). Continuo performance in Handel’s Fireworks with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, with Harry Bicket (conductor) and Haeran Hong (soprano), Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, (2 performances, 16–17 May 2015). Programme of 90 minutes, including Concerto Grosso, Op.6 no.11, Water Music Suite in F, Music for the Royal Fireworks and three soprano arias from Alcina and Giulio Cesare. Solo and Chamber performances with the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Tainan University of Technology (2 performances, 20–21 November 2014). Programme of 90 minutes includes Handel’s 2 German Arias, Concerto for Oboe and Strings (HWV 287), Cara Sposa from Rinaldo (1711); Vivaldi’s Cello Concerto in A minor (RV 419), Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, RV501 “La Notte”, JS Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in D minor (BWV 35, 1052 and 29). Venue: Concert Hall of Tainan University of Technology (20 November 2014); Northern Mioli Art Center Concert Hall (21 November 2014). (Note: The Northern Miaoli Art Center is a professional venue for the promotion of cultural and artistic events in Taiwan) Continuo performance in The Eight Seasons with Henning Kraggerud and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall (2 performances, 16–17 May 2014) Continuo performance in the Closing Gala Concert of the Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival (23 January 2014) Continuo performance in Monica Huggett and the Italian Baroque, the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, St. John’s Cathedral (16 January 2014) Continuo performance in Vienna Boys’ Choir with Oliver Stech and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, City Hall Concert Hall (8 October 2013) Continuo performance in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 with Jean Thorel and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, City Hall Concert Hall (5 October 2013) Continuo performance in Handel’s Israel in Egypt with Jonathan Cohen and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Cultural Centre (8 September 2013) 3 Continuo performance in Handel’s Messiah with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Brett Weymark, Hong Kong Cultural Centre (29-30 March 2013) Continuo performance in Summer Strings with Craig Ogden and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, City Hall Concert Hall (29 June 2012) Continuo performance in French May, City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong (2 May 2012) Solo harpsichord performance in Musical Collage, City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong (7 March 2012) Harp and Harpsichord Recital, Lee Hysan Hall, Hong Kong (3 February 2012) Four Seasons, Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival, City Hall, Hong Kong (11 January 2012) Roman Baroque Sonatas, Solo and Chamber Concert with Lorenzo Colitto, presented by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macao, Loke Yew Hall, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong (5 June 2011) A French Taste, The City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, presented by Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Helena May, Hong Kong (3 June 2011) Michael Chance and City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong (25 January 2011) Bach in the Park, Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra, Hong Kong